PHPWishList Unauthorized Administrator Access Vulnerability

BID:14202

Info

PHPWishList Unauthorized Administrator Access Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14202
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 07 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 07 2005 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: phpWishlist phpWishlist 0.1.14
Not Vulnerable: phpWishlist phpWishlist 0.1.15

Discussion

PHPWishList Unauthorized Administrator Access Vulnerability

phpWishList is prone to a vulnerability regarding the unauthorized access to administrator functions. This issue is due to a programming failure in the application to correctly set the $_SESSION variable.

This issue could be exploited to elevate privileges, this could aid in further attacks against the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

Exploit / POC

PHPWishList Unauthorized Administrator Access Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

PHPWishList Unauthorized Administrator Access Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in phpWishlist version 0.1.15.

References

PHPWishList Unauthorized Administrator Access Vulnerability

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